# science
You can answer a homeopath's question but you can't make him read it or understand why he was wrong.
# astrobiology
Could advanced alien civilizations turn to artificial black holes to meet their energy needs? And could we detect the emissions from their maws when they feed?
# education
In light of eye-opening reports about higher ed, Americans need to start asking themselves a fundamental question: how many people really need to go to college?
# oddities
Unsurprisingly, bin Ladens death immediately spawned a raft of conspiracy theories around what really happened in Abbottabad.
# astrobiology
The Pope's astronomer thinks we should be trying to convert aliens to Catholicism. The chances they'll respond kindly to proselytizing doesn't seem high...
# oddities
A conspiracy theory can't be debunked with something as irrelevant as facts or reality. To its followers, it has to be true, no matter what.
# science
A group of researchers armed with very strong opinions and flawed studies do not constitute a consensus on the effects of video game violence on children.
# astrobiology
We have trillions to bail out banks for gambling with our money, but a few million to figure out if we're alone in the universe? That we apparently can't afford...
# astrobiology
An old variant of the ancient alien theory says that Phobos isn't a moon, but an abandoned spaceship. It's a surprisingly possible, if unlikely, idea.
# tech
The age of cyber warfare in now upon us. But we can't just panic. We need a realistic survey of our vulnerabilities and a strategy to mitigate them.
# astrobiology
A new app that's supposed to teach aliens how to communicate with us seems to underestimate just how different aliens and their technology would be...
# science
Accommodationists are still trying to spread their message even though pretty much no one but other accommodationists is listening.
# education
A study of over 2,000 students found some very disturbing facts about the American college system.
# science
Bottled water, now marked up beyond any reason and sold with meaningless quantum technobabble.
# science
Egged on by cranks and quacks, the media seems obsessed with how nice someone is instead of whether what they're saying makes any sense.
